A few interesting stories this week….
National march against foreign workers
Nutshell: an outline of protests being lined up against foreign workers in Britain. Plus, Mandelson’s reaction against this and his thoughts that it will turn a recession into a depression.
Comment: If foreign workers were restricted from taking jobs in Britain, would Brits take some of the jobs that were left behind? Eg being a waiter in a restaurant?
Snow storms will be most widespread in 18 years, Met Office warns
Nutshell: snow storms on the way… up to/min of 10cm for most of Eastern England.
Commentary: self explanatory, get the wellies out!
Octuplets’ mother wants Oprah to turn her into a $2m TV star
Nutshell: a twee article, but does give details of this medical phenomonon, oddity, ethical monstrosity or miracle – depends how you look at it.
Comment: How do you see it, should it have happened why or why not? I’d be curious to know what others think.
Further interesting, recent ‘Money’ section stories (not from today’s paper) :
Six ways to deal with slide in Sterling
Nutshell: recommendations on what to do while the pound is weak.
Comment: find this article interesting as it highlights that the pound has fallen 8% this week and also that the pound is now only worth $1.35.
The ten worst banks for customer service
Nutshell: a worst (and best of) table for banks and their customer service – compiled from a survey of 15,000 people by Which?
Comment: am not surprised that Abbey is at the top of the ‘worst’ list. I do some banking with them and the walk-in service in branches tends to be very poor as does the regular phone line for telephone banking. The Premier line (which I luckily got given a number for) is the only reasonable customer service offered – to date.
